GREAT morning on Saturday. Good turnout too. Warm and no wind. Just perfect conditions.

Nice to see John L attempt to maiden the Sea Fury - with a personal history. Too bad that the grass did not facilitate the take-off and instead resulted in repeated nose ins of that large 5-blase prop.

A few quick shots below. The two-stage retract doors and split flaps were rather impressive too.

Tomorrow is looking to be windier - time will tell - but Monday currently looks better!

What a rewarding day...Bob flew his Eflite ducted fan jet for his maiden flight and he did himself proud in front of four of us spectators..! He used all the field to get her off the grass but then put on a real show while all the time preparing himself mentally for the one mandatory requirement...LANDING...!After a three minute shakedown flight he lined her up, dropped the flaps and brought it in with only one bounce...! Lo and behold he still had a large reserve left in his 4 cell battery, so he likely will reset his timer for 4minutes or more.

Terrific day, warm with virtually no wind. Nice to have John L join us again...this time with his eight prop Hexocopter..!